1.   These fluctuations are made more severe by speculation against changes in interest rates, exchange rates, the rate of inflation, etc.

2.   Although severe by congressional standards, the sanction does not disqualify Gingrich for his leadership post.

3.   Hall said the problem was made more severe by the rapid growth in regional airlines that has brought in large numbers of new pilots.

4.   The declines in the stock market, while they have gone on for two years, are not that severe by one measure.

5.   The storm damage was severe by any measure.

6.   The sentence was severe by American standards but lenient in Vietnam.

7.   They lived from hand to mouth in a place where economic conditions were severe even by Soviet standards.